Molecular Epidemiological Relationship of the Pathogenicity of Legionella spp. Isolated from Water Systems in Seoul |
Kim, Jin-Ah
(Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment)
Jung, Ji-Hun (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Kim, Soo-Jin (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Jin, Young-Hee (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Oh, Young-Hee (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) Han, Gi-Young (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) |
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